Week 2 - Group 2 Discussion

Hi everyone!

I hope you all are great! What a week playing around with all the AI Features!
At the same time, I am so happy because thanks to the guidance we had, I was also able to create some animations in Storyline by using the AI Feature there.
But related to Rise, here is my sharing link. 

About the roadmap I followed in the company of the AI Features:

1. Changes I've applied: I was able to create the Course Outline and internal content section with the AI Tool Support, and also adapted the tone of some sections, apart from creating images with AI to illustrate the course, and created a Key Takeaways section summarizing the main points of the course as a last section. In addition, created a final quiz, an Audio section with a Story, and a card sorting activity after that story, and applied a hook strategy for the beginning of one section in my course.
2. AI feature or capability most valuable: Definitely, having the option to build the course outline guided by documents and inputs, the alternative to create a custom image prompt, which sometimes could be hard if I compare when using other AI tools, where you can get stuck trying to get the perfect wording to get the right image aligned with your content, create questions, with Feedback included and the option of rephrase them.
3. Challenges: One challenge I've noticed was when trying to create the course. There is an option to enable image creation when creating each section. The preset style can't be changed at the initial stage, so you'll need to update the images later to apply the style you defined.  

These sorts of training activities are extremely helpful for getting the whole picture of the Features, Tricks, and ideas to truly exploit these options. I was aware of the AI Features because I saw them, I received e-mails, but in my day-to-day I was testing on demand, but taking the time to explore them with details and all the guidance we've received has been fantastic. 

However, I have a question that will definitely be the question from my IT Team: What about the security of the information (documents, PPT, etc.) we upload to build our courses? If we're working with confidential information, is it okay to upload it there, or will it be fed into an extended AI model and no longer be ours after that?

Thanks!!! :-)

Roland

Here's my course! Enjoy! 

https://share.articulate.com/k1St4iL0JcPGyCqAPnGC6

My attempt at exploring and playing with the Ai tools: 

https://share.articulate.com/Az6BVhcWRYb82QvtxIHWl

It almost felt like AI playground :)

Hi everyone! 👋 Here is the Quick Share link to my course: 

https://share.articulate.com/QHvA_RK1Rq3CKMpBx-zK5

Changes I Made to the Course

I made three key enhancements to the course. First, I used the AI Assistant to generate and customize course goals, a self-check quiz, and course takeaways, each presented in separate lessons. Structuring this content as standalone elements allows learners to clearly understand the course objectives and key concepts upfront. It also helps them align expectations and assess their baseline knowledge before engaging with the main course content.

Most Valuable AI Features

Several AI features stood out as especially valuable, and I plan to apply them immediately in my current projects. These include the custom AI image prompt feature, the ability to generate tailored images, and saving reusable image styles.

In my role designing highly technical software curriculum, it is often difficult to find visuals that accurately represent complex concepts. Additionally, sourcing, organizing, and reusing visual assets can be time-consuming. These AI capabilities streamline that process by allowing me to create precise, content-aligned visuals while building a consistent and reusable image library. This not only improves visual quality and relevance but also enhances efficiency in both content creation and asset management.

Surprises

One feature that surprised me was the synonym recommendation tool. While the suggestions were helpful, I found it difficult to replace the original words with the recommended alternatives within the course—I may need to better understand how to use this feature effectively.

I was also surprised that there isn’t currently a prompt that enables the AI Assistant to review an entire course for accessibility compliance—such as evaluating interactions, images, graphics, audio, and video against accessibility standards. This would be a highly valuable capability.

Challenges

One challenge I encountered was generating AI images that include correctly spelled text. Although the visuals themselves were accurate, the text within the images frequently contained misspellings.

Another challenge was trying to add undo and redo functionality to the floating “Edit in AI” toolbar. I spent time exploring this but was not able to determine how to enable those options.

Feedback on My Cohort Experience

This has been a great learning experience. I really enjoyed the cohort’s learning design and overall course structure. The low-pressure environment, combined with the ability to revisit the content at any time for review or reinforcement, made the experience seamless and engaging. It allowed me to comfortably listen, watch, learn, practice, and assess my understanding without feeling overwhelmed.  🏆🌟

Thank you, 

Ayana 😃

Here is my week 2 homework. I tried to add audio, change theme, change colors, added AI audio, added AI images, added a Quiz, used prompts, bolded, added emojis, used instant convert, changed tone, added knowledge checks. 

https://share.articulate.com/B_NekfPwLZ7sTRbxmbcNU 

Hi everyone,

I’m sharing this link which I found really useful for improving our course development workflow using AI. It covers some great features like content creation, tone adjustment, and AI voice-over that can save a lot of time.

Feel free to check it out and share your thoughts 👍

https://share.articulate.com/LgmrN003QP6fFaQieMUSa

Hello, here is my course. Please be kind as this is my first Rise course I have created, I create only in Storyline. I updated most of the course using instant convert, added audio, created ai images, and using custom prompts which I found a little challenging as I find myself being too specific and I get too much on the image. I formatted keywords and phrases and converted many block types. I added color and changed up header text. My course is basic, but I learned a lot through this exercise that I will take back and use. My next goal is to create a mini-Rise course with my new skills. 

Thank you,

https://share.articulate.com/92Fw-YN4BXva4SZqqeC3T

I think the part that took the longest for me is overcoming my own perfectionism. I knew that this was relatively low-stakes and yet I probably spent way too much time tweaking and adjusting the course.

The advantage to being diligent was that it allowed me to really dig into Rise 360, something I needed a crash course in anyway, so this was very much two goals achieved at once. I really dug into the AI features because our team just upgraded at the start of the cohort, so I wanted to understand all we could now do.

With that, here is my course.

Major Changes Made

1. AI Image Generation. I went through and changed all the images the AI Assistant came up with and used my customized AI generated image prompt for the whole course (with the exception of the lesson headers). I wanted to have cohesion throughout the course as much as possible by using the same style.
2. Updated Tone. I kept wavering on the tone I wanted to strike throughout the course and I decided to keep it "straightforward" as much as possible. So I updated blocks of text wherever I found it got too wordy to make it shorter and then the tone straightforward. 
3. Instant Convert Blocks. There were several blocks the AI Assistant came up with that I found didn't fit the pedagogical narrative of the lesson, so I converted them to a block that fit better. I understood why the AI selected them, but I opted to go with something I felt more fitting.

Most Valuable Feature/Capability

While I spent a bulk of my time converting text tone/simplifying, so it would be easy to say that feature would be the most valuable, I would actually say the initial set up process was the most valuable capability.

Converting text is great, but for the purposes of this exercise, I wasn't paying as much attention to the quality of the output. I would check it and it was fairly accurate to what I felt would be appropriate to the lesson, but in real life, I would be writing everything myself.

The set up process, however, that tends to be the biggest mental load in the whole course creation process. Being able to put in all the source materials, create guidelines, guardrails, and edit the output so that the AI Assistant does the bulk of the heavy lifting? That is the real MVP of the whole process here.

We have a lot of courses where material was copy/pasted from an internal wiki into Rise 360 for the sake of creating training material quickly. But with the AI Assistant, we can take that source material, plug it in, and actually create a meaningful course that is geared towards active learning rather than wiki regurgitation. I see us doing a massive "retooling" of our course library in the near future.

Most Challenging Moments

Beyond my own perfectionism getting in the way, it's the usually issue of trying to get the image generation just right. Generation has come a long way from the early days and hallucinating has gone way down, but there were a few errant hands here and there that I needed to fix before finalizing the course. Admittedly, I may have missed a few.

The other issue with image generation was still having issues with consistency in styles. I wanted a specific look, but wouldn't always get it. I know that was my problem with not being more specific and fiddling with my terms/guardrails a bit more.

Final Thoughts

Overall, I found this cohort extremely useful for my daily work and see it helping other members of my team that work in Rise. The AI Assistant feature will cut down a lot of moments where work can get blocked/slowed down and it will speed up the course creation process.

The only critique is the usual one is getting too reliant on the AI because I can easily see that happening and I don't want to delegate too much of the work out to the tool. I still want to provide enough of my own oversight.

Here is my quick share link:
https://share.articulate.com/D2V64ppsyueSp8yNcmtSX

1. Share 3 changes you made I used a custom image prompt to bring in the MN "northwoods" feel along with the senior health care work setting I work for. I used the audio generator for the intro and conclusion. I used the AI quiz generator to write questions based on learning objectives for the course.
2. Which AI feature or capability was most valuable in your workflow, and why? Did anything about it surprise you? The AI image generator is great to be able to have a consistent, cohesive flow throughout the training. This give the course a professional and polished feel for learners. 
3. What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted? The hardest part about using AI is just getting good at prompting. It would be nice if you could modify the image types from the get go when generating the course. It would also be nice to have an audio option that could narrate the entire course or even lesson by lesson, not just block by block.

Here is my Zip file, sorry I dont have the quick share option as it has been disabled. 

1. Share 3 changes you made:  Changed the images to a vibrant cinematic, changed some of the paragraphs tone by shortening, used the generate image and audio option for the end of module reflection and added in an content block for do/don't.
2. Which AI feature or capability was most valuable: I really enjoyed the ability to add files to autogenerate the course. Changing the tone is valuable as well, as my company has a specific "tone" branding. 
3. What challenges Challenge with getting the right looking image and prompting multiple times.